# A Corner of the Farm [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [HERRING, John Frederick the Younger]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 36 x 51 cm ## Commentary HERRING, John Frederick the Younger \(b. ca. 1820, Doncaster, d. 1907, Doncaster\) A Corner of the Farm - Oil on canvas, 36 x 51 cm Private collection Like his father, John Frederick Herring the Elder, sporting and animal pictures define John Frederick the Younger's work. Characteristically, he portrayed farm animals along the banks of a stream or in a farmyard, depicting them in a faithful, if not idealised, manner. This painting is signed lower centre: 'J. F. Herring'. With the painter's increasing popularity, his father began to sign his own works with the tag ‘SR’ included on the end of his signature, perhaps feeling somewhat threatened by the progress of his son. ## Related artworks - [A Peaceful Day in the Farmyard]() - [Barnyard Interior]() - [Farmyard]() - [Feeding Time]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()